HIH - Software Engineering Manager

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Cigna Health and Life Insurance Company in Hyderabad seeks an experienced Backend Engineering Manager to lead a team building scalable APIs with Node.js and Typescript. You’ll drive system integration across cloud and on-prem environments, focusing on reliability, performance, and AI-enabled capabilities.

The role requires 13–16 years in backend development, strong API design skills, and hands-on AWS expertise. Hybrid work with some US-hour overlap is offered to support global collaboration.

Qualifications

• 13 to 16 years of backend software development experience.
• Experience with AI and full-stack development.
• Strong Node.js and TypeScript expertise.
• RESTful and GraphQL API design experience.
• Knowledge of microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and NoSQL (DynamoDB, MongoDB, Cassandra).
• Caching with Redis or Memcached.
• CI/CD tooling and practices.
• System integrations between databases, APIs, and cloud/on-prem.
• AWS experience preferred.
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of developers to build and maintain backend applications using Node.js and TypeScript.
• Drive system integration across cloud and on-premises platforms with reliable communication to databases and APIs.
• Support transaction management, failure handling, validation, and retries for robust apps.
• Oversee cloud services with emphasis on AWS and scalable architectures.

Skills

Node.js

TypeScript

APIs (REST/GraphQL)

Distributed systems

CI/CD

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

MongoDB

Redis

Memcached

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Tools

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

MongoDB

Redis

Memcached

Job description

Software Engineering Manager Position Summary:

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. Our people make all the difference in our success. As a Backend Manager, you will be joining a team transforming healthcare and improving the lives and vitality of the millions of members we serve. We leverage cutting edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) algorithms to develop solutions for automated document processing and customer service chat bots. We are looking for an experienced Backend / API Manager to join our team. You will play a key role in supporting backend application managing development, system integration, and implementing AI capabilities in our products. This role requires a solid foundation in Node.js, system integrations, and cloud technologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage team of Developers to develop and maintain backend applications using Node.js and Typescript, with a focus on reliability and scalability. Implement advanced programming concepts like asynchronous programming, decorators, and efficient coding practices. Assist in system integration tasks across cloud and on-premises platforms, ensuring smooth communication between databases and APIs. Support transaction management, failure handling, validation, and retries to ensure application robustness. Assist in managing cloud-based services, with a preference for experience in AWS.

Desired Qualifications:

13 to 16 years of experience in backend software development Development using AI and Java Fullstack. Strong expertise in Node.js and Typescript Experience building RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs Strong understainding of API design patterns, microservices architecture and even driven designs Relational Database - experience using MySQL or Postgres NoSql Database - experience using DynamoDb, MongoDB or Cassandra Caching - experience using Redis, Memcached Understanding of CI/CD tools and practices Experience in system integrations between databases, APIs, and cloud/on-prem systems. Experience in architecting and designing distributed systems that are highly available and security focused. Knowledge of handling transaction management, failure recovery, and system retries. Familiarity with cloud platforms, particularly AWS, is preferred. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot and optimize complex systems. Excellent communication and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments.

Education and Training Required:

Degree in Computer Science, or a related field.

Location & Hours of Work

Full-time position, working 40 hours per week. Expected overlap with US hours as appropriate. Primarily based in the Innovation Hub in Hyderabad, India, with flexibility to work remotely as required.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Evernorth is an Equal Opportunity Employer actively encouraging and supporting organization-wide involvement of staff in diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to educate, inform and advance both internal practices and external work with diverse client populations.

About Evernorth Health Services

Evernorth Health Services, a division of The Cigna Group, creates pharmacy, care and benefit solutions to improve health and increase vitality. We relentlessly innovate to make the prediction, prevention and treatment of illness and disease more accessible to millions of people. Join us in driving growth and improving lives. Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we’re dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.